Brigitte Bardot

"All my life I have had the feeling that there was something missing in my life, and I kept searching for what it was."

"I have always preferred to see people as they really are rather than as I would like them to be."

"The most important thing is to be true to yourself."

"I don't think I am beautiful. I think I am a very interesting woman."

"When you are young you want to do the world. When you are old you want to do yourself."

"One should forgive one's enemies, but not before they are hanged."

"I never kept myself from anything I wanted to do."

"Art is the only thing that really matters."

"I am really a woman who loves music."

"The greatest happiness in life is to know that one is loved."

"Every woman wants to be a lady in public and a maid in the kitchen and a mistress in the bedroom."

"I've been absolutely terrified every moment of my life and I've never let it stop me from doing a single thing I wanted to do."

"The essence of any religion is good heart. That is my simple religion."

"I really love animals. That is part of my personality."

"What makes me angry is when people think I'm not intelligent. I hate that."

"I believe in living life to the fullest, every single moment."

"Patience is a virtue that is needed most when you begin to lose it."

"There is no love without hope, and there is no hope without love."

"I prefer my life the way it is, lived freely and authentically."

"The only real power is the power to change yourself."

"I have learned that to be with those I like is enough."

"I want to grow old without facelifts. I want to have the courage to let myself age naturally."

"Everything comes to those who wait, but you have to keep working while you wait."

"I never say never, but I do say always."

"The truth is like a surgery - it hurts but it cures."

"I am not interested in power for power's sake, but I am interested in using influence for good."

"A woman should be wild and passionate, but controlled."

"I have lived a very full life, and I regret nothing."

"The beauty of nature is that it is always changing."

"I believe that we must teach people to think, not what to think."